Joan E. Paulsrud

Joan E. Paulsrud, 89 of Sioux City passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. Thursday, April 28, 2022 at First Lutheran Church in Sioux City. Rev. Kristine Stedje will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.

Joan was born October 7, 1932 in Norwalk, OH; she was the daughter of Vern and Bertha (Kholar) Swanson. She graduated from Franklin High School in Cedar Rapids, IA in 1951 and graduated from Coe College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1955.

On August 7, 1955, Joan married David Paulsrud in Cedar Rapids, IA. Joan taught first grade at Lincoln Elementary School in Iowa City while her husband attended medical school at the University of Iowa. While her husband was in the Army, they lived in Fort Lewis, WA, Fort Bragg, NC, Washington, DC, Colorado Springs, CO and Fairbanks, AK before returning to Sioux City in 1970. During that time, Joan gave birth to son Steven in 1958, son Eric in 1960 and daughter Ann in 1962. She raised three children all of whom have been successful in their own lives. She managed three different households and all the family would return for marvelous cooking and a beautifully decorated home on all the holidays. Joan had a lot of fun in her life and what gave her the most pleasure was travel, bareboat sailing, beautiful needlework, several bridge clubs, American Girls Book Club, PEO Chapter DH, two or three weeks every winter in Acapulco where she worshiped the sun, hosting her two granddaughters from Paris all summer from age 4 to 17, and being a loving grandmother to three grandsons.

Survivors include her husband Dr. David Paulsrud, her son Steve (Kay), her daughter Ann (Michel), her daughter-in-law Deborah Paulsrud, granddaughters Emily and Elodie and grandsons Isaac, Nathan and Jacob.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents, her son Eric, two sisters: Sue Quayle and Laverne Tucker.

Memorials may be directed to First Lutheran Church.